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So its a topic thats been liberally discussed on other days by other people but I did a search here, and I never saw it, but I thought that it's being discussed by a rather well-known figure for cubicle dwellers, and thought it would be a neat (poll) thing to discuss.

Given his involvement with the Gates foundation, and his Warren-Buffet style of philanthropy, his relatively young age (He is only 51, most presidents hover around 60), by the time he would consider running (2012) his stature as a philanthropist should rival Carnegie, and other major philanthropists of the old industrial era.

I think he makes a strong case for Gates. While the climate needed to have Bill Gates win is evaporating (the era of building a Christian Theocracy is over) I think if the religious right GOP retakes the house and senate, theres a good chance Bill could enter the race if he feels that the US is heading on a path of fascism

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I think he'd be a better third party candidate than Ross Perot was, and Perot got a decent percentage of votes. I think Gates would probably be better than whatever the Dems or Repubs could drag out into the daylight, but I really don't know how his foriegn policy would be.

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I think he'd be a better third party candidate than Ross Perot was, and Perot got a decent percentage of votes. I think Gates would probably be better than whatever the Dems or Repubs could drag out into the daylight, but I really don't know how his foriegn policy would be.

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^ The DOJ under Clinton tried to kill Microsoft. The DOJ under the Republicans gave them a pass. I'm sure Gates has no love for many of the Democrats, and while he is pragmatic in the way he donates his money - donating to both Republicans and Democrats who are good to his interests, much more goes to Republicans and he endorsed Bush in 2000 and 2004.

I'd vote for Gates, he would probably be pro-business, and pro-free-trade.